Deommodore Lenoir, Oregon Ducks' top-rated pledge, decommits

Amid rumblings of Mark Helfrich's firing and days after having its eight-game winning streak against its in-state rival snapped, Oregon received bad news on the recruiting trail.

Deommodore Lenoir, the Ducks' highest-rated commit in the 2017 recruiting class, announced that he is de-committing from Oregon and re-opening his recruitment:

The 5-foot-11, 180-pound prospect, out of Salesian High School (Los Angeles, California), is rated the No. 3 athlete and No. 83 player nationally, and holds offer from more than two dozen programs, highlighted by Alabama, Florida, LSU, Miami (Fla.), Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Oklahoma, Texas A&M and USC.